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Learn how to use *any* bones to make fast, nourishing bone broth with your Instant Pot!
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This has been a game changer friends!
Honestly I have spent years without thought simmering my bone broth stovetop or through the night in a slow cooker. It has become such second nature that when I started hearing about people using their pressure cookers to make bone broth in just a couple hours I sort of skimmed right past.I had my “routine”. My method.
And with a house full of kids, autopilot is crucial to my daily flow!
I wasn’t convinced I would switch making my bone broth to my Instant Pot
when I received it last fall. Because it is smaller than what I typically make bone broth in, I couldn’t see myself making bone broth more frequently to equal the amount I was making once a month in my slow cooker, huge stockpot, or oven roaster.
And then this year happened! Busier school and homework schedules, an added preschool schedule to the elementary routine, a book deal & daily blog work, and a feisty toddler have really dwindled my kitchen hours down.
I have to be smart about my kitchen time.
And the Instant Pot helps me do that. Bone broth can be made so hands free and fast. There is no planning out to remember to turn off the slow cooker – or planning to be home while the stockpot on the stove simmers for hours and hours. And the gel! Oh that glorious, nourishing gel is still there as well as all the maintained properties of properly prepared bone broth!
If you are new to bone broth, this recipe is for you! You can’t find a more nourishing, power packed food – period! If you have never read “Broth Is Beautiful”, I highly recommend it so you can fully understand what amazing food you are making!
If you are a seasoned bone broth foodie, this recipe is for you too! If your little heart pitter patters every time you get to use your stock pot to make something amazing…don’t worry. You don’t have to retire your beloved pot! Use your Instant Pot to your advantage when your time is short. Leverage your kitchen time – you will have more bone broth on hand to make those amazing slow cooked soups at the stove 😉
A quick note on the bones!
Rich, flavorful broth comes from bones that have been cooked, so if you happen to pick up bones from your farmer at the market (sometimes called beef soup bones, or marrow bones), or you have a load of bones from ordering a half or whole cow or pig, or from that big deer hunt, just give those raw bones a quick roast before using them for broth. I typically just toss them on a sheet pan and roast them at 400 degrees for 45 minutes. If you are making a beef roast or whole chicken in the Instant Pot, you can just toss the bones right back into the IP after you strip the meat for your broth making! So easy!
Instant Pot Bone Broth
Renee - www.raisinggenerationnourished.com
Learn how to use *any* bones to make fast, nourishing bone broth with your Instant Pot!
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 2 hours hrs 10 minutes mins
Total Time 2 hours hrs 20 minutes mins
Course Soup
Cuisine American
Servings 8 servings
Ingredients
- Cooked bones/carcass of chicken learn how to do a whole chicken in your IP HERE!, cow, deer, turkey, pig etc depending on what you have (I like about half of the pot to be bones/carcass. You can freeze whatever bones don't fit for another time.)
- 1-2 chicken feet optional depending on if you have access - it gives really good gel to the broth. Ask your chicken farmer for them!
- 1-2 large carrots coarsely chopped
- 1 medium onion coarsely chopped
- 2-3 stalks of celery coarsely chopped
- 1 head of garlic smashed
- 1-2 TB apple cider vinegar
- Water enough to cover the bones
Instructions
Put the bones into the pot first followed by the veggies, garlic, and apple cider vinegar. Fill the pot with water to cover the bones - be sure you don't go over the "Max" line on the pot.
Let the pot sit for about 30 minutes without any heat to let the apple cider vinegar pull the minerals from the bones.
Put the Instant Pot lid on and turn the vent valve to closed. Push "Soup" and use the manual button to bring the time up to 120 minutes.
The pot will turn "On" automatically and will take about 20 minutes to come to pressure before the 120 minutes starts counting down.
After the 120 minutes of pressure cooking is done, turn the Instant Pot off and leave it be to naturally release about 15 minutes before opening the vent valve and straining your broth.
Keyword how to make bone broth in the Instant Pot, Instant Pot bone broth
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